Installing Laminate Flooring Over Crawl Space Hatch
This is the crawl space to access the under the house space.
Installing laminate flooring over crawl space hatch. Lay down the floor and simply cut out the section of floor that covers the door so that the access door has a cover. A crawl space must also have proper cross ventilation and no dead air spaces. If these conditions aren t met laminate floors can cup from excessive moisture.
Building a hatch into your floor is a handy way to provide access to a basement an attic crawl space or a wine cellar. Crawl space conditions are an important consideration when installing laminate flooring engineered or solid wood floor. Without the appropriate vapor barrier and cross ventilation crawl space moisture will attack the underside of a subfloor and enter into the laminate flooring core.
Cover the ground in the crawlspace with black plastic with a minimum thickness of 6 mils. For non traditional structures such as children s tree houses trapdoors in the floors make fun secret escape hatches. Cut the tongues out of the pieces that would cover the door.
If you re thinking of building a hatch door in your own home. Laminate floors can be installed above crawl spaces but as with wood floors the crawl space must be covered with an appropriate vapor barrier and have proper ventilation. A crawl spaces must have a proper vapor retarder ground cover spread over the soil.